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Sociolinguistics from the Periphery "presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users."

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A FEW MONTHS AGO I POSTED A SUMMARY DEALING WITH THE GO+AND+VERBCONSTRUCTION AND SIMILAR CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES(LINGUIST 9-1298). THE SUMMARY TRIGGERED MORE REPLIES THAN MY ORIGINALQUERY, SO AN UPDATE SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER. THE REPLIES DEALT WITH THEFOLLOWING TOPICS: (I) MORE ON THE GO+AND+VERB CONSTRUCTION AND RELATEDCONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH, ESPECIALLY THE UP+AND+VERB CONSTRUCTION;(II) MORE ON V+AND+V CONSTRUCTIONS IN SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES; (III)COORDINATED VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN FINNISH; (IV) V+AND+V CONSTRUCTIONSIN ROMANCE LANGUAGES; (V) GERMAN INFINITIVAL COMPLEMENTATION AND (VI)COORDINATED VVERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN JAPANESE. I HAVE SIMPLY SUMMARIZEDTHE REPLIES UNDER THE HEADINGS OF EACH RESPECTIVE LANGUAGE (THISMESSAGE SHOULD BE READ AS AN EPILOG TO THE ORIGINAL SUMMARY).